The UFO files [[electronic resource] ] : the inside story of real-life sightings / / [compiled by] David Clarke

• Pubblicazione: Kew, Richmond, Surrey, U.K., : National Archives, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 160 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 001.942
• Soggetto topico: Unidentified flying objects - Sightings and encounters; Unidentified flying objects - Sightings and encounters - History; Crop circles - Great Britain; Alien abduction - Great Britain
• Altri autori: ClarkeDavid <1967->
• Note generali: "Largely based upon the real-life accounts of UFO experiences recorded in files collected by Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD), many of which are today held by the National Archives"--p. [7].
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [152]-155) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Strange Lights in the Skies -- UFO FILE: Did Churchill order a UFO cover-up? -- 2 The Flying Saucer Age -- UFO FILE: 'Saucer Sam' -- 3 Cold War UFOs -- UFO FILE: All Balloony? -- 4 Close Encounters -- UFO FILE: A Visit from the Men in Black -- 5 Crop Circles and Alien Abductions -- UFO FILE: The Missing Files -- 6 Turn-of-the-Century UFOs -- UFO FILE: UFOs on Film -- 7 Closing the UFO Files -- UFO FILE: Their last Word on UFOs -- Afterword -- Appendix -- Notes and references -- Resources -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this remarkable book, fully updated for this second edition, David Clarke reveals an array of startling stories from possible UFO reports hidden among Met Office investigations of aerial phenomena in the 1920s to the conclusions of Project Condign, the secret British Intelligence UFO study completed in 2000.As well as covering Roswell and Britain's own Rendlesham Forest mystery, Clarke raids the records for dramatic stories of abductions and close encounters, ghost aircraft and crop circles, and UFO reports by both civilian aircrew and military personnel. Dramatic witness statements and interviews combine with rarely seen photographs, drawings and newly available documents to offer a unique guide to one of our most intriguing mysteries.
• Titolo autorizzato: The UFO files
• ISBN: 1-4081-9482-1; 1-4081-6477-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786962103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II